Info Edge's AI portfolio valued at 2.1x investment, hits Rs 1,268 crore
23 Jun 2026, 11:02 AMIt added 15 of the 28 AI startups in its portfolio have raised externally led follow-on funding rounds from institutional investors including Insight Partners, Peak XV, SIG and Vertex.
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Info Edge's portfolio of artificial intelligence startups has more than doubled in value, according to a shareholder letter filed with the stock exchanges.
The Naukri.com parent said its investments in 28 AI startups are currently valued at Rs 1,268 crore, compared with Rs 614 crore invested, implying a 2.1x multiple on invested capital and an estimated gross internal rate of return (IRR) of 31%.
Including investments in deeptech startups, the company said that it has invested Rs 1,003 crore across 54 such startups since 2020 through Redstart Labs, Capital 2B and its venture investment funds.
It added 15 of the 28 AI startups in its portfolio have raised externally led follow-on funding rounds from institutional investors including Insight Partners, Peak XV, SIG and Vertex. The portfolio includes companies operating across enterprise AI, consumer AI and AI infrastructure.
Some of the companies in the AI portfolio include voice AI startup Gnani.ai, AI-powered photography platform Aftershoot, enterprise AI startup Attentive AI, legal AI company Jurisphere, financial AI startup Pascal AI and BFSI-focused AI company Lumiq.
Gnani.ai was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to help build sovereign voice AI foundation models and received government GPU compute credits worth Rs 177 crore.
It also said that as of March 31, 2026, Info Edge had invested Rs 455 crore across 30 deeptech startups spanning robotics, semiconductors, biotechnology, aerospace, cybersecurity and electric mobility. The portfolio was valued at Rs 559 crore, implying a 1.2x multiple on invested capital and an estimated gross IRR of 15%.
It added that 13 of the 30 deeptech startups have raised externally led funding rounds from institutional investors and sovereign programmes.
Info Edge highlighted two portfolio companies that received allocations under the government's Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) scheme. Electric air mobility startup ePlane secured Rs 285 crore, while space propulsion startup Manastu Space received Rs 115 crore. The allocations are subject to the companies raising matching capital from investors.
Overall, Info Edge and the alternative investment funds it manages have invested nearly Rs 4,900 crore across 135 startups. The combined portfolio is currently valued at about Rs 41,300 crore, implying an 8.4x multiple on invested capital and an estimated gross IRR of 33%.
The company further said artificial intelligence, deeptech and consumer technology are expected to remain its key investment themes, adding that it believes globally relevant technology companies will increasingly be built from India in the coming decade.
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